Gartner report: A New Wave of SCM Innovation Must Address Climate Change Concerns
Andrew White from Gartner
Companies with significant supply chain operations must be more aware of how their
supply chain management (SCM) activities affect the environment, how sustainable the
activities are and how emerging SCM technology from the growing awareness of global
warming can create sustainable and profitable supply chain practices.
Key Findings
Most SCM users are not explicitly modeling the effects of their supply chain on their
environment.
Most SCM technology is not yet able to explicitly consider environmental or resource
consumption factors that are independent of profitability concerns or model the right
business decisions to support this growing need.
SCM technology is emerging and being adapted to help model environmental
implications so that organisations understand their impact on the environment and how
to reduce it.
Awareness and hype related to the human contribution to global warming is increasing by the
day. A growing number of business leaders recognise that the economy, and more specifically their enterprises, have a detrimental effect on the environment. Good business justification exists to understand this impact and to look for ways to improve business performance before governments mandate it.
